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Show Q CO-OPERATiON Q (This paper is for socialized and cooperative medicine and hos- ; pitalization. We are for progress and a newand better system.) Cooperative hospitals took their place in the news again last week with the announcement of a new 32 room co-op hospital hos-pital at Hartner, Kansas and plans for the organization of a ; community cooperative hospital atPrinceton, Minn. The community com-munity hospital at Elk City, Oklahoma, America's pioneer co-op hospital, now has a membership of 2,500 families. The Elk City co-op provides hospital service for families at $25 ' per year for four persons and $3 additional foreach person in a family. The co-op hospital at Hardtner, Kansas was comp-pleted comp-pleted in September, 1941. It is a 32 room modern hospital serving the town of Hardtner with 4oo population and its surrounding territory. Between 2, 500 and 3, 000 persons were shown through the hospital when it opened in September At Princeton, Minnesota representatives of the co-ops and civic organizations are making plans for a hospital to be built t a total cost of $50,000. f a |